April 2009
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“Our first political challenge is to disturb business as usual in Washington and...”
– A Scary Corporate Coup Is Under Way — We’ve Got to Stop It
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March 2009
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Threat Level's 10 Favorite Paranoid Films →
some winners here.
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Could a Massive "False-Flag" Cyberattack Be On The... →
it would be good way to get the sputtering world economy out of the news…
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AP: World's largest laser now ready for use →
WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a decade of work and $3.5 billion, engineers have completed the world’s most powerful laser, capable of simulating the energy force of a hydrogen bomb and the sun itself.
The Energy Department will announce Tuesday that it has officially certified the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, clearing the way...
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Gov't Panel: All teens should be tested for... →
CHICAGO - An influential government-appointed medical panel is urging doctors to routinely screen all American teens for depression — a bold step that acknowledges that nearly 2 million teens are affected by this debilitating condition.
I had a vision of demon-like pharmaceutical execs foaming at the mouth when I read this.
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A Revolutionary Proposal: Invisible Insurrection... →
…At the present time, in what is often thought of as an age of the mass, we tend to fall into the habit of regarding history and evolution as something which goes relentlessly on, quite without our control. The individual has a profound sense of his own impotence as he realizes the immensity of the forces involved. We, the creative ones everywhere, ...
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Saudi Arabia's royal family battles over who is to... →
The crown prince is seriously ill, and Saudi Arabia’s normally secretive royal family is openly clashing over who will take the throne..
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Lifehacker: Top 10 Tools for a Free Online... →
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“I hope *somebody* in the Left is off the streets right now, and making...”
– Our Streets, Our Streets, Our GoogleMapped Streets
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Inside Mexico's drug cartel armies →
A year into his work, Cholito began accompanying his bosses to collect payments from local dealers and growers.
On one occasion, they abducted two dealers who refused to pay what they owed, beating and stabbing them for two days before they shot them to death and dumped their bodies.
Cholito says he only knows the men he works with by aliases, such as “El Cholo,” “El...
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Bailout Banks Hire PR Firm to Educate Public on... →
The banks, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, are paying over $1 million to p.r. firm Prism Public Affairs to “educate” the voters weary of bonus and bailouts that those who caused the crisis should benefit from it.
Here is the Prism Public Affairs website. Public Relations is a VERY shadowy world to...
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283 Bases, 170,000 Pieces of Equipment, 140,000... →
With last week’s announced escalation of the war in Afghanistan, including an Iraq-like “surge” replete with 4,000 more U.S. troops and a sizable increase in private contractors, President Barack Obama blew the lid off of any lingering perceptions that he somehow represents a significant change in how the U.S. conducts its foreign policy.
In the meantime, more reports have...
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Snacks and Shit →
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dalasverdugo:
Funny blog about rap lyrics. via Josh B.
oh this is gold.
My vote for best Hip-Hop Blog..EVER.
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Gov't Report: The Snooping Dragon: Social-Malware... →
In this note we document a case of malware-based electronic surveillance of a political organisation by the agents of a nation state. While malware attacks are not new, two aspects of this case make it worth serious study. First, it was a targeted surveillance attack designed to collect actionable intelligence for use by the police and security services of a repressive state, with potentially...
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Tax Dodgers Multiply as ‘Underground Economy’... →
The shift, measured by tax analysts and economists using surveys, money-supply data and anecdotal evidence, is caused by businesses going off the books to cut costs and workers taking informal jobs to survive rising unemployment. It offers a buffer against the ravages of the crisis and may help explain why the slowdown hasn’t prompted more social unrest.
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Sonny Bono 'assassinated' by hitmen | The... →
SONNY Bono, former husband and singing partner of superstar Cher, was clubbed to death by hitmen on the orders of drug and weapons dealers who feared he was going to expose them, a former FBI agent claims.
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Tips for the Sophisticated Fugitive - NYTimes.com →
“No phone calls, no letters, no Facebook, access to money — look, it’s tough,” he says. “If you don’t have an escape plan, you’ve got a problem.”
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The Living Robot § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM →
Kevin Warwick’s new robot behaves like a child. “Sometimes it does what you want it to, and sometimes it doesn’t,” he says. And while it may seem strange for a professor of cybernetics to be concerning himself with such an unreliable machine, Warwick’s creation has something that even today’s most sophisticated robots lack: a living brain….
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“A scientist named Tim Palmer may have just reconciled the worlds of classical...”
– Fractals: The Missing Link? (via unspy)(via un)
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The Reva: Why Americans May Never See the Best New... →
politics are blocking the world’s most environmentally friendly car.
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“If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you...”
– Robert Fritz (via enamour) (via hit-or-miss) (via quote-book) (via kari-shma) (via reckon)
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Romania weighs decriminalizing consensual incest |... →
Romania - Surprising as it may seem, incest is not always a crime in Europe.
Three European Union countries - France, Spain and Portugal - do not prosecute consenting adults for incest, and Romania is considering following suit…
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US admits fueling Mexico drug war →
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has acknowledged that the “insatiable” demand for drugs in the US is driving a surge in gang violence near the border.
Then make them legal, farmable and taxable if you really give a damn about the violence.
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U.S. Says China's Defense Spending Is Rising Fast... →
Growth in missile defenses, warships, covert operations, bases and cyberwar capabilities are all noted in the report above.
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The Top-Ten Conspiracy Theories →
10. the US Shadow Government
9. Organized Religion
8. Alternative Energies
7. Suppression of 2012 Reality
6. Area 51 & Alien Technology
5. Demolition of the Economy
4. The JFK Assassination
3. 9/11 Attacks
2. The ET & UFO Cover Up
1. The New World Order
Nice list, although not comprehensive.
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Monsanto Planting Seeds in the new White House... →
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Your Astrological Sign May Not Be What You Think... →
It’s a great conversation starter: “What’s your sign?” But before you ask or answer that question, consider this: your zodiac sign corresponds to the position of the sun relative to constellations as they appeared over 2200 years ago!
Your “Real Sign” The table below lists the dates when the Sun is actually within the astronomical constellations of the...
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“Anyone can make the simple complicated, creativity is making the complicated...”
– Charlie Mingus (via pdvmorris) (via snuh)